Nintendo shares plunge after 3DS price cut

The platform isn't the problem... it's the lack of development. No games means no sales.

Seen one at the Best Buy and just looking at it for a few second threw me into Motion sickness. That's way I won't be buying one.

Dear Nintendo; by capitalizing on new markets, and generating interests for your system even among non gamers, you enjoyed unparalled success. Now, if you wish to regain that position you need to do something similiar; capitalize on a new market. The one I would reccomend is the one that launched your campany, one that has been overlooked by all other current gen game makers. The original gamers. Those of us near to mid-life who grew up with mario and donkey kong, who miss the days of 2-d glory, one hit kills, bottomless pits, genuine challenge, a focus on quality rather than quality, on game design rather than graphic design. Make a new 2-d mario game without the abusive (and non-mario) wall jump, group play, over-powered/silly power-ups, hand holding, infinite do-overs, and make it HARD (if you forgot how to do that I will design some levels for you). Then do the same thing for donkey kong country (and no cotrols that require psuedo fapping). If that alone does not save your market value, and new systems, I will personally buy and eat a wii, or 3ds, your choice.

Honestly, i cant see the 3d in nintendos 3ds. I think thats the basic problem. Thats the reason i didnt buy one for my daughter.

the platform IS the problem. handheld has reach it's evolutionary end-road.

gamers have moved onto something less cumbersome, less over-priced, more feature-rich and value-add.

Bad timing on Nintendo's part. With the ecomomy down ppl aren't too keen to drop $250 on what is basically a DS with some eye candy. I know I told my son that getting one was a big NO. He'll just have to make due with his DSi, Wii, PS3, and computer. I think he'll survive.

People have more important things to spend their money on (food, clothing, rent, mortgages, gas/utility bills, etc.) than overpriced toys.

They needed a strong opening line-up and they didn't have one. Nintendogs? Zelda, Ocarina of Time (and old game with a face-lift)? These are nice, but they are not system sellers. It all comes down to the games.

Too bad Nintendo. You had everyone by the nuts when your wii came out. Jacked up prices, phony shortages. I guess Karma really is a b i t c h.

Nintendo is in panic mode because the 3DS isn't selling as well as forecasted and has been abandoned by Amazon and other retailers due to customer complaints about the headaches, eyestrain and shoddy quality, the Wii sales have dropped to virtually nothing and the Wii U is at least a year away from debut. Seriously...have you EVER seen a console or handheld drop in price almost $100 in less than a year of launch? Panic, Panic, Panic.

The product is a bust. I wouldn't buy it because of the eyestrain.

You want to know why the 3DS is failing? There is no way to reliably hack the device. Back in the DS and DSlite days, you could purchase any of a number of cartridge hack devices and load them up with dozens of *FREE* NDS games and play to your heart's content. These devices utilized an image rendering flaw in the DS software that gave root to the device. Now with the 3DS, Nintendo closed that flaw and nobody can hack the devices anymore. When I was in Hong Kong several years ago, *EVERYBODY* used a DSLite while commuting. And they all had the hack cartridges which were being sold on the street for $20! I somehow doubt this is the case anymore! Nintendo shot themselves in the foot by stopping pirating!

Tried it in the store and the image was too blurry. Not worth the eye pain.

Nintendo is too kiddie oriented. They need to have older more mature games for the gamers as they age.

no one will buy their consoles anymore. not with all of the smartphones and tablets kicking their a s s. nintendo needs to do the smart thing now. exit the hardware side of the business and concentrate on pushing their software titles on hardware devices that people actually want. just like sega did long ago. nintendo had a great run. especially recently with the wii and ds. but it is over now. time to move on. the writing has been on the wall for years.

This is what happens when you don't have but three [example in number only] decent games when you debut a new system, however similar it may be to its prior...not enough games that make a big difference to its system is bound to fail it - especially when its own first party games have nothing strong for at least 6 months...Sorry Nintendo, I love you but I gotta call this one a "fail."

Serves them right for making kiddie crap and underpowered systems all those years.

nintendo should go back to making video games that the core gaming demographic actually wants to play. the casual gaming market is fickle and easily distracted by whatever wastes the most time the easiest. it was profitable while it lasted, but it's stupid to base one's entire profit earnings on the sort of people who will spend hours playing the digital equivalent ofl tic tac toe. nintendo pledged that they were not interested in making such popcorn games at e3 - it's time to put their money where their mouth is now that the casual market has moved on to smartphones and pads.

Nintendo should release exclusive games on smart phone

Death to Nintendo as a console maker. Here's hoping they start making games for Microsoft and Sony soon.